Elegsabiff Forum Posts (695)

The cast of the Wizard of Oz is here on CS

Hey, invest a little more time, it's a classic. She goes to a magical land, meets a scarecrow who doesn't have a brain (but wants one) and a tin man who doesn't have a heart (but wants one) and a cowardly lion who longs for courage (but is braver than he thinks).They all decide to go to the Great And All-Powerful Wizard of Oz to get their heart's desires (she wants to go back home to Kansas) and he turns out to be a wizened little fellow with a good line in saying what people want to here ... now are you seeing the CS analogy?

The cast of the Wizard of Oz is here on CS

Like Wizard of Oz witches? (good and bad?)

RE: Rating... Internet dating and making friends

Met a couple in the last week who got together on line (not CS, though) and married 9 years ago and they're looking really good for the distance. Older, too, which is supposedly harder as we get so much grumpier past 50!

RE: Rating... Internet dating and making friends

Yup, me too. No point talking endlessly on line to people from far away, if I like them enough I want to meet up (mind you only once for me) (and that turned into a friendship which seems to have died)

RE: Rating... Internet dating and making friends

Do you genuinely look that much like Liza Minelli?

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In the unlikely event anyone does check back here - I SHOULD HAVE LISTENED TO MY INSTINCTS AND NOT GONE

Bloody horrible. Seriously. The social side was great but yikes the relative has chip on shoulder the size of the Empire State building and everything that ever went wrong in her life was my fault. Starting with me being born.

So next time I will know. Don't GO.

The cast of the Wizard of Oz is here on CS

Yikes, I'm the only one? I have to improve my screening process.

RE: In your opinion, what do you think is / are your best English accents? Why?

And remember to add diolch. Manners maketh the man

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Colour me surprised ...

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I wondered - but it's only a 10 hour flight, it's a breeze. A doddle. You'll walk it Flying during the day, or overnight? During the day's good, they feed you every couple of hours and you watch the Sahara unfold underneath you between meals. Enjoy!!!

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Get a flight direct to Prestwick on Tuesday, you can sleep overnight in the waiting room and be bright and early for my flight. I'll return the favour for your trip, you know I will.

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You never mentioned the weed in the garden forget our lunch date. We'll just sit in the garden and burn weeds.

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Sheesh your mailbox will be bulging by tomorrow morning. You should be working for the tourist board

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But he's asking for it ...

Ok. I'll be careful. deep breaths ...

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Oh, ta. I'm flying from Glascow Prestwick at, um, 05h00, yes, that's it. 05h00. Look forward to seeing you. Don't be late, okay?

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Okay don't overdo it or I will wish I was coming to yours instead. Relative seems set on organizing every minute, there'll be little time for calm reflection and solitude.

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Understanding is ALWAYS the key, for me anyway. That's why I'm digging, and I think I'm getting there. I thought of something while I was sorting clothes that was so childish and obvious I'm too shy to say it here after all this angst. That - and Rebel making Spain sound pretty cool - is getting me over the hump. The cards are shuffling ...

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You want another skelp? Why?

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okay - that's making sense -

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I've got a youngster, coming along very nicely.

You're helping, Rebel. You're really helping!

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Aha, the gent in the kilt. Want me to bring you a haggis? Off to sort clothes. Tell me more ...

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Now THAT rang a bell. Yes I do!

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Tracing back is where a poll is so good, because people like you make suggestions that would never occur to me normally, and make me think.

I know I am being irrational about this holiday, if I could find something to 'blame' I could rationalise it and stop overreacting. As it is, I'd better go do some sorting, as the clothes are currently spread all over my bed. Get that over now rather than at bedtime. Back in 20, and hopefully not a gibbering wreck

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No. That's not it. No flash of recognition.

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You know what? Just realized I felt it - not as badly, but the same anxiety bubbles, which I pushed away - when my LDR guy was coming here for a month, the previous longest we'd spent together was a fortnight. I knew it would be a disaster, and it was. BUT that was partly a self-fulfilling prophecy. I was so convinced it would be disastrous that I pushed the situation into touch just to get it over and done with. So what do I learn from this?

Um. I must have learned something from this!

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I'll drink to that.

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Hard to blame anyone else ...

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I'm sure as hell not being rational here. At least I've realized it's not the flying, it's the holiday itself which is bumming me out. Boohoo poor me having to go stay in a villa in Spain with a relative I like.

There's no REASON to feel so frightened, and that's what's so frightening. Idiot, idiot, idiot Elegsabiff.

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Tripping over my lip, but I KNOW you're right. Or I will have the gloomy satisfaction of coming back and telling you that you were wrong.

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Yup. Trying to get in the mood!

Guess what, it didn't work ..